I have an intermediate grasp of mandarin and would like a Chinese-Chinese dictionary. One where I input Chinese characters and it returns me a Chinese definition.
I am using GoldenDict and have tried ...

I am looking for a chengyu dictionary with the following caracteristics:
the stories behind the chengyus in englis (or with chinese too), long, not just one or two sentence
explanation, when and how ...

Is there any online dictionary German-Chinese and vice versa that allows user participation?
I know of
handedict.de, dormant since 2011, forums down, but allows downloading a wordfile
dict.leo.org, ...

I'm recently studying the most frequently used Chinese characters list, and 的 is the #1 in the list, which means it is the MOST USED character in Chinese! So my question is how to use 的 in Chinese? ...

According to CantoDict, 找晦氣 in Cantonese means, "to get back at someone or cause trouble over a past grievance". Link: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/50994/
CantoDict is sometimes ...

My question is about 简称 ("abbreviations"). The question is simple: where can I find a dictionary that includes abbreviations in its definitions?
For example, the NDRC here in Beijing is technically ...

For example, in a dialogue about global warming, this sentence fragment:
这个在中文就特别的直接...
I would translate to, "In Chinese, this is especially relevant". But 直接 translates to immediate/straightforward ...

I once found a Mandarin Chinese dictionary which for each character listed the ancient, the traditional and the simplified Chinese characters. For each it described its meaning and how it developed ...

WordNet is a database of English words, which includes semantic relationships of words too. It includes synonym and antonym-relationships, as well as "categories". For example, it will tell me that ...

CC-CEDICT is a Chinese to English dictionary, available for use online or for download (as a data file here: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=cc-cedict). What similar projects provide an ...

Standard dictionaries have had a profound effect on languages like English. They've helped normalize spelling and pronunciation and provide reference for meanings and disambiguation.
When thinking of ...